When Athena visits Penelope and Telemachus the first time, Penelope becomes sad when she hears the song of the homecoming of the Akhaians (Greeks) after the Trojan War, as it reminds her of her husband's absence. Penelope then goes to her room and weeps for Odysseus.
When she is disguised as mentor, Athena does not pray to anybody. It is Odysseus that prays to her! He prays for her help in getting him home to see his beloved wife, Penelope.
Athena helps Odysseus disguise himself before he reveals himself to Penelope, so that he can observe her interaction with the suitors. She also helps him defeat and kill Penelope's suitors before he plans to meet his wife and answer her questions about his identity.
Athena does not appear in The Odyssey in physical form as Penelope, the wife of Odysseus. While Athena does intervene to protect and guide Odysseus, she does not directly appear as Penelope in the first four books of the epic.
Athena puts Penelope to sleep through the years that Odysseus is gone. Then she puts her to sleep when Telemachous leaves for his journey, but comes to her disguized as her sister to tell her that Telemachous will be fine.
.She convinces him Penelope is about to marry Eurymachus
Athena
Penelope is one of them
So that his wives,Penelope,suitors won't kill him when he returns home from the war/adventure,to reclaim his throne/home and become King and Penelope's husband again.
is telemachus willing to let athena help him?why or why not?
In Greek mythology, Iphthime is a character who is mentioned in Homer's "Odyssey" as the sister of Penelope, the wife of Odysseus. Iphthime is known for her wisdom and kindness, and she plays a supportive role in the epic, offering guidance and assistance to Penelope during Odysseus' absence.
I hope you mean goddess and if you did, then it is Athena who helped Odysseus win. Athena was even on Odysseus' side no matter what till the end where he met his wife again Penelope.
Eurymachus, an Ithacan nobleman and the son of Polybus, was, by the reckoning of the goddess Athena, one of the two leading suitors of Penelope in the Odyssey,